The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of Americ

by Daniel Okrent

Book Overview

NAMED ONE OF THE "100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR" BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

"An extraordinary book, I can't recommend it highly enough." -Whoopi Goldberg, The View

By the widely celebrated New York Times bestselling author of Last Call--the powerful, definitive, and timely account of how the rise of eugenics helped America close the immigration door to "inferiors" in the 1920s....

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476798036
• ISBN13: 9781476798035
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"